(Don’t you think that a little dog always looks rather, rather odd?) change the comma and space after the first rather to an m-dash.

[Chapter V]

athough she had forgotten that it was from the lips of” to although.

(It led to awful consequnces in my case,” added Mrs. Dale) to consequences.

[Chapter VIII]

“Mrs. Dale lay down on the couch beween the windows” to between.

[Chapter XIV]

“If anyting has happened to her, it is the fault of” to anything.

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